Brisbane Development
TRIPLE TOWERS TO TRANSFORM BRISBANE’S BREAKFAST CREEK
Author: Phil Bartschthu Urban Developer
Renders of the proposed Breakfast Creek Quarter development.
A triple-tower precinct-defining vision has been revealed for an inner-city site between a bend in the Brisbane River and the banks of Breakfast Creek.
some advantage under the prevailing industry challenges. “Of course, nothing is easy right now in construction, regardless of the size of the project, but there’s definitely a benefit that comes with scale that can help you get above those clouds creating a lot of the problems,” he said. “We also have a large, silent partner that we’re working with … so from a capital perspective, we’re pretty comfortable that upon development approval we’ll be ready to move.” The scheme designed by MAS Architecture Studio spans a 6778sq m site fronting Breakfast Creek Road as well as Ross and Durong streets. It is directly across the road from Newstead Park, the home of Brisbane’s oldest residence—the 1846-built Newstead House. Under the plans, a key element is the creation of a landscaped civic plaza oriented towards Breakfast Creek Road that “embodies an extension of Newstead Park”. A new laneway from Ross Street through to Breakfast Creek Road also is planned to encourage increased pedestrian traffic through the site. Churchill Development Group put its foot on the sizeable undeveloped holding—4km north-east of the Brisbane CBD, between a flagship Mercedes Benz dealershiop and a Bunnings Warehouse—in a $22.5-million deal that was settled in March, 2022.
Jonathan Leishman’s Churchill Development Group has filed the proposal for Breakfast Creek Quarter, a mixed-use project heralding the urban transformation of Newstead North. It would comprise 752 apartments in a trio of towers rising 23, 26 and 28 storeys—just down the road from the creek’s famed namesake pub. Sitting above an activated ground-floor and podium, almost 80 per cent of the residential component would be build-to- rent units. Leishman told The Urban Developer he was working with “a large, silent partner” in the proposed development. But he would not be drawn on whether it was an institutional build-to-rent player. “We see Breakfast Creek Quarter as kind of creating Newstead North as a precinct in its own right,” Leishman said. “Obviously, a big part of that is the residential component and creating much-needed supply and housing diversity but there’s also going to be 1500sq m of retail activation on the ground floor. “A lot of the work that’s gone into the project over the past eight months has been focused around that ground plane. “It’s not just another project. It’s quite a strategic place- making project that’s going to create livable communities.” Leishman said the scale of Breakfast Creek Quarter provided
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